OLD FORGE — The borough will investigate hiring a part-time employee to enforce its landlord ordinance, which requires owners or appointed managers maintain and manage their rental properties.

“It’s a big problem everywhere,” Mayor Bob Mulkerin said of absentee landlords and blighted properties at the Borough Council meeting Tuesday night.

Zoning Officer Stephen Bieryla told the council that his current workload made enforcing the ordinance difficult.

The mayor also announced the suspension of part-time Police Officer John Luciano for at least 10 days. Mr. Mulkerin refused to say why the officer was suspended, saying it was a personnel issue. Because the officer is paid per shift, it will be a suspension without pay.

■ The council voted to pay for the repaving of roads in the Rosemount Estates development, which Councilman Robert Semenza Jr. described as “beyond potholes.” The borough and the developer are currently battling in court over who is responsible for the fixing of the shabby roads in the development, which is over two decades old, the mayor said.

■ Henderson Street in the borough will soon be a one-way road from Fallon Street moving west toward South Main Street. Council voted to make the change and give 30 days notice to neighborhood residents.

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